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Submitted by
Mike
a Cross Country Rider
from CA
Date Reviewed: September 11, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | demonstration forest | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$450.00 | | Strengths: | Same frame has the bianchi king bee. Good forks for the price. It has disk brakes!!!!!!!! | | Weaknesses: | Does nat have all the same components has the king bee. ( I changed a lot of them and pretty much got a king bee. | | Similar Products Used: | Older specialized rock hopper | | Bottom Line: | Great bike for the price, worth a lot more than Bianchi sells it for. Just put better components on it and it will be a top of the line Hardtail MT. Bike. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Sam Estey
a Downhiller
from Ellsworth Maine USA
Date Reviewed: June 13, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | Ellsworth City | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$500.00 | | Purchased At: | Southwest Cycles | | Strengths: | Frame is really beefy if it can hold a 300 lbs man
which is a realy big improvment comparied to a P2 | | Weaknesses: | The Crank sucks and the fork could use some improvment | | Similar Products Used: | P2 Sinister Soul Cycle Fugi | | Bike Setup: | Hayes disc brake, MTB tires, MTB crank, MTB Fork, and MTB Shiffter | | Bottom Line: | This bike is a good one for anyone who needs a starter bike for street or casual freeride. This is a Buy!!! | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Sam Estey
a Downhiller
from Ellsworth Maine USA
Date Reviewed: June 13, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | Ellsworth City | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$500.00 | | Purchased At: | Southwest Cycles | | Strengths: | Frame is really beefy if it can hold a 300 lbs man
which is a realy big improvment comparied to a P2 | | Weaknesses: | The Crank sucks and the fork could use some improvment | | Similar Products Used: | P2 Sinister Soul Cycle Fugi | | Bike Setup: | Hayes disc brake, MTB tires, MTB crank, MTB Fork, and MTB Shiffter | | Bottom Line: | This bike is a good one for anyone who needs a starter bike for street or casual freeride. This is a Buy!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Chris
a
from Portage, WI, USA
Date Reviewed: February 22, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | Devil's Lake State Park | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$630.00 | | Purchased At: | Bad Cat Bicycles, Menomonie WI | | Strengths: | 2006 Frame is a tank and can handle nearly anything | | Weaknesses: | Nonw! This is on tough machine. Though I suppose if you're picky and want a really light weight bike, with just its stock parts it may be a bit heavy for you. | | Similar Products Used: | Trek 4300 disc. | | Bike Setup: | All stock right now, waiting for derailers to bomb even though they show no signs of stopping anytime soon. Replaced handle bars and stem just for kicks. | | Bottom Line: | I have a 2006 Lynx with Sram SX5 in the rear and a 3.0 in the front and a Rock Shox Judy fork for starters. Hayes disc brakes and WTB everything else really make this bike a sweet ride. With trigger shifters I'd recommend this bike for anyone because once you burn out the original derailers and everything else, with the way the bike is built, its not something you'll want to ditch anytime soon. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
vivek narayanan
a
from austin TX, USA
Date Reviewed: July 6, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | KT trail, MO | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$500.00 | | Purchased At: | Ozone bikes | | Strengths: | Decent commute bike, very strong, only got marginally dented in an accident which gave me a broken spine and scapula. | | Weaknesses: | wheels not responsive enough on turns. | | Similar Products Used: | kona bikes, trek bikes (similar price range) | | Bike Setup: | factory standard, w/ 19.5 inch frame. price mentioned includes a number of accesories like rear carrier, bike basket, bells, lights, lock, etc. | | Bottom Line: | good commute bike, i don't know how it would stand up to the rigors of mountain biking, for the price i paid i feel i got a good deal. only a couple of flats on each tire, which i took care of by using a slimy tube. am planning to fix whatever is wrong with it after the accident, and use it as a secondary bike; for the primary commute bike, i am considering a trek 6500. i have put more than 4000 miles on this bike in 2 years, and it needed just one tuneup for a spoke change and brake tightening. used it in shine, rain, snow, you name it.
i have to add that i did not use the gears a whole lot, chief setting was 2 on front and 5 or 6 on rear derailleurs; once i tried 3 on front and 4 or 5 on rear, but found this setting exhausted me during my 4 mile commute (averaged 15-17 minutes). | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Rob
a Weekend Warrior
from Sydney Australia
Date Reviewed: July 28, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Oakes | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$800.00 | | Purchased At: | ABC Cyles Liverpool | | Strengths: | Light, reasonable ride, tyre - Ritchey Megabites | | Weaknesses: | crap crap forks, threaded headset sucks | | Similar Products Used: | Apollo Himalaya '96 | | Bike Setup: | '97 Bianchi Lynx with some weird forks (tange cromoly frame), Alivio running gear, Cantilever brakes | | Bottom Line: | This is a well worn bike but has not stood the test of time or durability. Everything is pretty much dead on the bike, the running gear is gone, the cranks are loose, the threaded headset sucks.... Bianchi should stick to road bikes | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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